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Water monitoring equipment being lowered over the side of research boat.

Marine incident response: What we do in an oil spill (2014)

We provide science-based advice and technology for mitigating, managing and monitoring oil spills. Dr Kenneth Lee: What we're doing today […]

Prof Shahbaz Khan and the Irrigation Team.

CSIRO Medals 2007 – Research achievement – Prof Shahbaz Khan and the Irrigation Team

Shahbaz Khan and the Water for a Healthy Country Flagship – Irrigation Team (Water for a Healthy Country Flagship). For research that has significantly advanced the sustainable management of Australia’s water resources, specifically within the irrigation sector.

Water flowing from shower rose

Every drop counts (2000)

Australia is a dry continent. By studying how we use water, scientists can develop new ways to conserve this precious commodity.

Laboratory comparison of two methods of water purification

CSIRO Medals 1999 – Research achievement – The MIEX Team

Mat Ballard and colleagues (CSIRO Land and Water). For the MIEX® project for purifying water.

Flocculation process at work in a beaker.

CSIRO Medals 1989 – Research Achievement – Sirofloc

Brian Bolto and team members, NJ Anderson, DR Dixon, LO Kolarik, AJ Priestley, WGC Raper and DE Weiss (CSIRO Chemicals […]

Laboratory demonstration of Sirofloc compared to conventional water treatment.

SIROFLOC (1983)

This film, aimed at a specialist audience, demonstrates the revolutionary SIROFLOC process for water treatment.

Filtered water a treatment plant.

Clean, Clear Water (1982)

Techniques for water purification have changed little over the past fifty years. But a new process called SIROFLOC, developed by CSIRO''s Division of Chemical Technology, offers a major advance in the efficiency and effectiveness of this technology.

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